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Nature 440, 600-602 (30 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440600a; Published online 29 March 2006
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Mitochondrial disease: Powerhouse of disease
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- Nick Lane is a science writer based in London.
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Many of the genes affecting mitochondria — tiny energy suppliers of cells — reside in the cell nucleus. Nick Lane joins the hunt for these sequences that may underpin diseases such as diabetes.
Some of Gerald Shulman's patients at Yale University School of Medicine are young and slim. There's little wrong with them, and probably won't be for a decade or two.
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